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Steve Stivers: “I will just urge you to not use this for social engineering but to use it to meet the intent that we talked about of…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
I will just urge you to not use this for social engineering but to use it to meet the intent that we talked about of helping the unbanked and helping people with cross-border payments.
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Steve Stivers
Ohio

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Stivers emphasizes the need for Libra to focus on its intended purpose rather than social engineering.

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